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Originally Posted by emmanuelle
The south will rise again, just like Atlanta.
Southerners are incredibly proud and independant
Hurricanes Cindy and Dennis were expected to be severe, and did not live up to their hype. When the warnings came for Katrina, they were not taken seriously enough.
Forget about racism, who is at fault and everything else that armchair analysts seem to be preoccupied with. Get yourself over to the redcross site and see what you can do to be part of the solution. Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected in that region alone, not to mention the entire continent's economy.
Everyone joined together when 9-11 happened, and even for the tsunami crisis. America needs to pull itself together again for one of it's own. The longer we argue and delay help, the more people who die. |
Well said. I admit I'm not overly charitable by nature, but I cruised on over to
redcross.org and donated after reading your post.